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Let me help research this potentially interesting story for you that I hope ends up in the Times Union proper. Let’s also look into the history of the chef’s table, and examine the success and failure of the phenomenon in recent history and locally. Perhaps you could impetuously spin my earnestly provided data to make a local restauranteur look foolish.

While we do not have a “Chef’s table” per se at The Wine Bar and Bistro on Lark either, we are closed on Sunday and Monday and would most certainly open those days for private functions should the need arise and it’s economically viable. Guess you could call that a ” Chef’s Private restaurant”

I was about to ask a very similar question, but what I am looking for is a “chef’s table” located right in the kitchen area or at least nearby and visible, and the party reserving this table would receive a tasting menu of small plates – essentially you sit in the kitchen and eat whatever the chef decides to cook for you. This is the kind of experience that requires you to be willing to eat nearly anything on the menu and have no food allergies to speak of. Drinks would be separate but recommended to go along with the chef’s presentation. I would really like to find a place like this, even if not in the immediate Capital Region.